17 Related Articles from 2018-12-06

As the nation mourns a president, Los Angeles County honors 1,467 unclaimed dead. The annual graveside event honors those whose bodies go unclaimed following their deaths, a practice that dates to the 1890s, when Los Angeles County first began burying indigent and other unclaimed individuals. >>

Conley, Green lead Grizzlies past Clippers 96-86. Mike Conley scored 22 points, JaMychal Green had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies held the Los Angeles Clippers to a season scoring low in a 96-86 victory >>

Council backs historic status for just two L.A. Times buildings, clearing way for redevelopment. The Los Angeles City Council granted historic-cultural monument status to two former Los Angeles Times buildings in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday — rejecting a bid by preservationists to include a third structure standing in the path of a proposed real estate development. The unanimous decision... >>

Fall in love with Long Beach, California. Long Beach is way more than a side trip from Los Angeles. >>

Former Clippers wing Austin Rivers lists Pacific Palisades home for $7.5 million. Austin Rivers is looking for a score on the Westside of L.A. The former Clippers guard, who in June was traded by the team to the Wizards, has put his home in Pacific Palisades on the market for $7.495 million. That’s about $1.4 million more than Rivers paid for the property two years ago, The... >>

Heavy rain prompts flood advisory over burn areas in Los Angeles, Ventura counties. Heavy rain that pounded the Southland early Thursday prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for much of Los Angeles County and a portion of the recent burn areas in Ventura County. Rain that rolled into the area overnight and continued into Thursday morning proved to be... >>

Human remains found in Santa Clarita. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide detectives are investigating human remains found Wednesday west of Magic Mountain Parkway and Railroad Avenue in Santa Clarita, authorities said. The remains were reported to law enforcement around 11 a.m., and detectives were examining them, a sheriff’s... >>

ICA LA Director Elsa Longhauser to step down: 'Time for a new generation to make their voices heard'. Elsa Longhauser, who led the transformation of the Santa Monica Museum of Art into the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will step down as director in mid-2019, the ICA LA board announced on Thursday. “I just think it’s the right moment to pass the leadership to the next generation,”... >>

L.A. City Council committee members back five new homeless shelters. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to ease Los Angeles’ homeless crisis by putting up temporary shelters across the city moved forward Wednesday after City Council members supported shelters in Venice, Wilmington, San Pedro, Watts and South L.A. Councilmen Mike Bonin and Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who serve... >>

L.A. Sparks reportedly hire Derek Fisher as head coach. Fisher gets a second chance at a head-coaching gig. >>

Long Beach, CA: More than L.A.'s kid brother. California's laid-back oceanside city of Long Beach is about to have its travel moment. Here are the best things to do, including the famed Queen Mary and so much more. >>

Los Angeles teachers planning January strike if no contract is reached. And it isn't looking good for an agreement. >>

Nicole Kidman 'bled' for 'Destroyer.' Her reward: a Golden Globe nomination. In “Destroyer,” Nicole Kidman plays a Los Angeles detective broken by her past and out for revenge. It’s role unlike any the 51-year-old actress has ever played, which is saying something given her long and varied career, and it resulted in a Golden Globe nomination for lead actress in a motion... >>

Photographer Bruce Talamon captured black joy in the glory years of soul and funk. Now he's getting his due. During the '70s and '80s, the L.A. photographer documented Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and others onstage, at home and in the studio. >>

Relax, we can still have straws even with a ban on the plastic kind. To the editor: The problems created by the the ubiquitous use of plastic straws — causing serious pollution in our oceans, streams, beaches, lakes, parks and streets — is undeniable, something that both the Los Angeles City Council and the County Board of Supervisors recognized by taking action... >>

The producer who worked with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan just signed a rabbi. Don Was, who had lost touch with his Jewish roots, discovered the conservative rabbi's band in Los Angeles when attending his father's wedding >>

Video: Amber Rose with boyfriend at the National Film And Television Awards. Amber Rose and Alexander Edwards attend the National Film and Television Awards Ceremony at Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California. >>